Casting

[Elia LePhant]

I'm in, Atarah! I am over the moon right now. :joy I can't wait I can't wait I can't wait. :yes

 

[Thaddius al'Guy]

Egwene!!

https://twitter.com/WoTonPrime/status/1161673919436185600

 

[Elia LePhant]

PERFECT EGWENE. Holy moly these are all incredible.

 

[Josofina Sedai of the Brown]

Waiting for Lan, but Twitter seems to have stopped.......

 

[Kranerian Vrammar]

Looks like that's all for today, so to sum up:

Josha Stradowski as Rand Al'Thor
Marcus Rutherford as Perrin Aybara
Zoë Robins as Nynaeve Al'meara
Barney Harris as Mat Cauthon
Madeleine Madden as Egwene Al'Vere

 

[Autumn Sapphira]

I'm SCREAMING, These are amazing choices and I'm excited about all of this.

I'm also looking forward to seeing who they cast as Lan, and Thom.

 

[Jaryd Kosari]

*garbled keymashing*

I am actually excited now. These are so perfect. <3

 

[Atarah al'Norahn]

I can't even process right now.

(@Elia LePhant, thanks, I will message you too! )

 

[Jocasta Braithe]

Atarah Sedai, I'm willing if you still need more people.

 

[Juliya Karisu]

When I saw Egwene I almost died of happiness. She is perfect. They all are.

 

[Jocasta Braithe]

Juliya, I looked her up on IMDB and she basically IS Egwene already.

Spoiler

 

[Owena al'Saturni]

So excited that I'm slightly nauseous.

 

[Juliya Karisu]

Spoiler: BOOK SPOILER

she just IS THE AMYRLIN

 

[Elia LePhant]

Agreed, Juliya! :joy

 

[Atarah al'Norahn]

@Jocasta Braithe Yes, I do! I ended up interviewing 6 people for the Moiraine one and would love 5-6 people for each of these! I'll message you questions as soon as they're sorted out

And agreed on Egwene. I'm just astounded by how spot on they all are. For every single one I just gasped and was like "THEY LOOK PERFECT!!!!"

 

[Adanys Wynterwulf]

Okayyyyy, I like this (ETA: Rand's casting I mean. Didn't get that quote in here.)

And Perrin: https://twitter.com/WoTonPrime/status/1161670278448947201

He's going to be drop dead gorgeous with those golden eyes :waggle

Nynaeve: https://twitter.com/WoTonPrime/status/1161671427117867008

I AM LIVING FOR THIS!!! :tug Yessss!! Her face is a perfect Nynaeve! I'll bet she scowls magnificently

MAtt: https://twitter.com/WoTonPrime/status/1161672659534413824

Oh he's perfect

Egwene!!

https://twitter.com/WoTonPrime/status/1161673919436185600

I have a love/hate relationship with Egwene as a character, but Oh my Word, she's perfect!!

And I love how little known these actors are, and how pleased everyone is with them :joy
This is exciting!!!!

 

[Ahmyra Cova Souvraya]

I am disappointed in the people attacking the choices because "they aren't White" or "they aren't tall enough" or "he's not stout and muscular enough"

 

[Alenya Al'Roran]

I agree, Ahmyra.

That Mat, tho...

 

[Juliya Karisu]

Some people have to ruin everything, I guess.

He's going to be drop dead gorgeous with those golden eyes :waggle

I definitely said this to myself

 

[Jocasta Braithe]

TBH, I was really worried that the two rivers people were going to get whitewashed. I've always read them as sort of ethnically mixed. I am so pleased, because I think it shows that the showrunners are actually going deep enough into the material to get those kinds of subtle clues. I'm hoping that the borderlanders will be asian actors too!